Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-06-21
Wrestling for a Ring.

THE STORY OF THE 'GOOD-NATCRED" CONTEST BE.
TWEEN JOSEPH DAIKEN AND LULU TUCKER EN-
AvRSS THE POLICE COURT PROCEEDINGS.
This morning, in the Police Court, young man
named Joseph Daiken who lives at No467 street
southwest, was charged with assaulting q good
looking young woman named Lulu Tucker, who
| lives at NO 467 N street southwest. Mr.. Duhamel
appeared Tor the defendant. The young woman
dant as she stepped upon the witness stand to
tell her story OF the alleged assault ION the 18th
ali this she ssd saa ns undsR
afternoon last month she met Joe on q corner in
south washington, and he asked her for the ring
down to the house Of Kate Graninger, on
~ sire, street. between N and o streets
Of the ng ana they Both fell to Tine
floor. She got the ring In her mouth, and when it
fell upon the door he grabbed 1t. and has not re-
turned 1t to her. The assault she complained OF
was In her falling to the floor when they were
wrestling.
when did he take the ring from your" asked MI.
Duhamel
sometime last month, (" she answered.
. "how 90 yo ~ knowitwas last month";"
look here, said the young lady," you might be
lawyer, but you are no smarter than am. It
takes smart man to get the better Of me-"
wrestling match was a good natured one The
Judge did not think that any assault had been
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N sne ROUGE S Court, John Downey. who keeps
grocery ana liquor store at the corner of North
Capitol and Pierce streets, was charged with sell
Ing liquor to minors Wm Williams, colored. mr.
week ago, he was In Downey's place with peter
Allen, and each drank glass Of beer. Peter Allen
ana SPeeiai Omcer Green, both colored, corrob-
testified that he was not at home on the NIGHT la
question, and knew nothing about the case.
but he coulo not swear positiyeiy Whether he tnot
money from the boys for beer or not but did NOT
think they were in the place on the Saturday night
days. Appeal noted.
To-day, in the Police Court, Frank oueenan,
colored, pleaded guilty to q charge Of embezzlina
s! from Hodgkin Bros, and was held for the action
Patrick Kessing to-day flied a suit against the
Capitol North Street ana south washington r. r.
= CO, ior 600 damages alleged by reason OF
owned by the company.
VIRGINIA PosT-OFFICEs DlsCoNTNuED.-The fol-
lowing fourth-class post-ofnces in Virginia have
Dinwiddie County; Moutna Ferry, King ana Queen
county, and Red Knob. Carroll County.
RESTRICTING THE Fs1s.-Pension Commissioner
BLACK has decided to exercise the authority vested
In MIN by law and to restrict the legal fee In cases
OF attorneys for Mexican-pensiOn claimants to $40
Inc iaw Allows zee Of $e5, where contract is
it Gen. Black thinks that q ten-dollar Zee is
ample In these cases, and will issue an order re-
sericting the fee In each case to that amount.
TIE COMMERCIAL AGREEMENT WITH SpA1N.-The
Department OF State Is informed by Minister Curry
at Madrid, that the commercial arrangement be-
equality Of treatment Of American and Spanish
I'll s s4ss Of Se ssa Gen.
anxiety Of certain importers In New York. who Ilo
were led to believe that the agreement would ex-
pire on the 30th OF June.
A DEN1AL-At the Interior Department the pub
ished report that the combination OF junk dealers
20 OeX sne Wssse paper at very low rates would
once Department 1nterp0sed Is denied. For the
current nscal year the Interior Department re-
paper. and this year, when the bids averaged less
than half that amount, they were all summary
rejected.
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